Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-06-10
West Virginia Notes.

j. f. Simms, who forged school orders
on Mason county, this State, for 81 800,
and discounted them for any amount he
could, confessed his crime IN the Court
Of Putnam county. and was sentenced
to two years in prison. Simms belong
ed to one of the first families Of the
county.
At the last session of the Legislature
a law was passed compelling all mining
operators to pay employees every two
weeks. The law took effect last month.
The operators, who pay monthly, have
refused to recognize the act, and in con-
sequence thereof the miners Of several
of the New River works are out. This
involves large number of workmen.
1t is thought the question will be settled
in a very short time.
J.J. Keller, of Wardensville, Hardy
county, w. Va, aged 20, years one OF
the owners of Capon Iron Works, died
suddenly at the Baltimore and Ohio de-
pot in Winchester Tuesday afternoon.
He ran rapidly to catch the train to
Woodstock. Upon arriving at the depot
he was exhausted. After buying his
ticket lie sat down, Immediately fell over
to one side, gasped twice and died. The
cause of death was apopleXy.
Auditor Duffy advertises Il list of cor
porations which have forfeited their
charters under the provisions Of Sec. s,
Chap. 20, Acts of 1885. Among those
enumerated we find the Baltimore, West
Virginia and Western r. r. Co., Ger
ardstown Tanning Co., Jefferson Build
ing Association No. 4, Martinsburg Gas
and Water Co., National Mutual Life
Association, Shenandoah Valley Hedge
Co., Tuscarora Manufacturing Co., Tus-
carora Building Association No. 2, OF
Martinsburg.
In Marion county, Saturday evening,
John Cartright, whilst riding along
public highway with party of friends,
was am5ushed and shot. The ball en-
tered his back on the left side and came
out and lodged in the lining of his vest,
near his right-hand vest pocket, and
from appearance of the ball it is suppos-
ed TO have been shot from SO hreech-
loading rifle. The wound is very seri-
Gus, and the chances are against Cart
rights recovery. 1t is not known who
fired the shot.
The Governors certificate Of the cleo
ton of C. j. Faulkner by the called ses-
sion of the Legislature is being entered
in the executive journal at the Secretary
of States office. 1t comprises many
pa ges and is certifica.ion Of the facts
in connection with his election, being a
copy of the journal of the Senate and
House and the proceedings Of the joint
Assembly, certified to as the facts in the
case. The Governor does not believe
that an election at the called session is
legal; hence the multiplicity OF the GER
tificate.- Charleston Star.
We would call attenti II to chapter
ca of the acts passed by our last Legis-
lature in regard to physicians, and es-
pecially to section "a of said chapter,
which reads: at shall be the duty of
all physicians and accoucheurs in this
State to register their names and post
office address with the clerk OF the
county wherein they reside; and said
physicians and accoucheurs shall be re-
quired, under penalty of ten dollars, to
be recovered in any Court of competent
Jurisdiction in the State, at the suit OF
the county court, 10 report to the clerk
of the county court within thirty days
from the occurrence, all births and
deaths which may come under tlieir SUI
pervision, with certificate of the cause
of death and such correlative facts as
the Board may require in the blank
forms to be furnished as hereinafter
provided; and they shall receive from
the county The sum of twenty-five cents
for every such report made to the clerk
of the county court" The act took
effect May 24th, 1887, and ply sicians
are advised to read the same carefully.